Sell your aircraft without putting it on a billboard.

No. HangarMart does not run public for-sale listings and does not publish pricing publicly. We introduce sellers to buyers whose stated requirements match the aircraft, privately, and you control what is disclosed and when. This is a deliberate design choice rather than a limitation — for most sellers above a few million dollars, a public advertisement carrying their tail number and their intention to exit is a cost, not a benefit.

It depends on age, total airframe time relative to what is typical for that age, engine and APU programme enrolment and time remaining, avionics generation, damage history, records completeness and current demand for the type. Our free valuation calculator gives an indicative range from transparent, class-typical assumptions in a couple of minutes; a precise, aircraft-specific figure needs verified data on your particular aircraft, which is what we prepare once we talk.

We work on a success-fee basis — we are paid when your aircraft sells, not for taking it on. The exact structure depends on the aircraft's value and how much of the process you want us to run, and we agree it in writing before anything starts. We will not quote a number on a web page that we would have to revise once we know what we are selling, and you should be sceptical of anyone who does.

Not to have the first conversation, and not to get an indicative valuation. If we go on to run a full sale process there will be a written agreement setting out scope, duration and fee — read it carefully, whoever you sign it with. The most common expensive mistake sellers make is signing a long exclusive with whoever gave the most flattering opinion of value, because an inflated opinion costs the person giving it nothing and locks up your asset for months.

There is no honest single answer — it varies with type, condition, records quality, price and the state of the market for that category. What is consistent is where the variance comes from: aircraft with organised, complete records, no open airworthiness items and a realistic asking price transact; aircraft priced to test the market or carrying a records gap sit, and an aircraft buyers have watched sit is harder to sell than one that never appeared.

Yes — most sales involve an outstanding loan or lease, and it is handled routinely through escrow. The lien is identified in the title search, the lender provides a payoff figure and a release, and at closing the funds settle the loan and the balance goes to you, all in the same transaction. Tell us about the financing early, because the payoff figure and the lender's timeline affect how the closing is sequenced.

Yes, and it is worth saying so early, because a trade-up is a different problem from a sale. Two transactions have to close close enough together that you are neither without an aircraft nor paying for two, which changes how you price, how much flexibility you keep on timing, and sometimes which aircraft you go after. Our acquisition advisory and the sale run as one plan rather than two.

Then you do not need another place to post an aircraft — you need buyers who are actually shopping. Tell us what you are holding and what your buyer profile looks like, and we will introduce inventory to matched buyers on the platform. The qualification happens before the viewing, which is the part that costs you a positioning flight.